Our Chairman has been in touch with the Council more than once about filling the grit boxes and salting our roads. We have also offered to pay for salting the roads. The not unexpected response has been that due to the national shortage of grit, stocks are currently being used on priority routes only, but we are on the list for our bins to be replenished!

Cllr Steve O'Connell has also lent his support to our pleas for help.

The situation is very frustrating bearing in mind that we hardly ever ask for the Council's help and that we pay the same Council Tax as all the other residents in the Borough.

The Committee is meeting on 27th January and will be looking at ways of ensuring we have more grit available in future. If there is anything you would like discussed at the meeting please let the Secretary know.

A report by the Chairman on 'Gritting our roads', may be read by clicking here .

A complaint has been received from a resident in Northwood Avenue, Purley about a company called Clearview Window cleaning. The company has been putting flyers with invoices through letterboxes claiming that they have cleaned the windows and the householder now owes them £15.00. The householder had not asked for the windows to be cleaned and it would appear that they have not been touched. There was then a follow up letter again asking for payment. Has anyone else received these letters, if so, please contact the Neighbourhood Watch Office (020 8649 0318), so that details can be passed onto Trading Standards.